Halloween Reading with Peppa Pig & More Seasonal Suggestions!

Over the last few Halloweens, I have put together book lists with spooky and fun picture books and board books perfect for celebrating and enjoying Halloween. Before I get to amalgamating and posting a master list, I wanted to share my thoughts on one recently read picture book title as well as share a list of some new and re-discovered board books and picture books that I think would make for great seasonal reading.

First up is a title courtesy of partner Penguin Random House Canada/Candlewick Press, featuring Peppa Pig in a new seasonal adventure called Peppa Pig and the Halloween Costume. The story begins with Peppa noting: “I love trick-or-treating…and jack-o’-lanterns. And I love dressing up!”. While brother George is, as expected, going to be a dinosaur for Halloween, Peppa has a box full of costume possibilities. She imagines herself as a pirate, a clown, a nurse, a witch, and more…but all of her ideas for what to dress up as come to rather crashing halts as she discovers friends and family have already claimed those costumes. If you’re familiar with Peppa, you know that a big Peppa frown (which always makes me chuckle) is usually on its way when things go a little south, and readers do indeed get to see it. However, Peppa recuperates, “think and thinks”, and comes up with a clever solution that kids will definitely appreciate and admire. Peppa Pig and the Halloween Costume is a story that very much keeps with what fans of Peppa Pig have come to expect and appreciate about the franchise: the same cheery, accessible, sometimes goofy, comical nature of the stories and the happy discoveries and solutions that follow. As with the hardcover picture book Peppa Pig and the Little Train, the dust jacket of Peppa Pig and the Halloween Costume removes and becomes a fun colouring poster (see picture below)!

As promised, here are some other great titles- some spooky, some fun, some very sweet and not spooky at all, and one beautiful board book celebrating Día de los Muertos- to add to your seasonal reading list: